General Knowledge

The average male orgasm lasts six seconds; the average female orgasm lasts twenty seconds. @general_knowledge #sexfact

When an 18-year-old Lady Gaga studied at NYU, her classmates created a Facebook group called "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous" where they called her an 'attention-whore.' So, she dropped out to pursue her music career full time. @general_knowledge #celebs

Monkeys aren't supposed to eat bananas regularly Bananas contain so much sugar, monkeys can get diabetes if they eat them too often @general_knowledge #animals #monkeys

A man who marries into the British Royal Family can never become King; at the most, he can become a 'Prince' However, women who marry into the royal family can become 'Queen' if their husband becomes the King @general_knowledge #funfact

A CNN journalist ate human brains on live TV. @general_knowledge #funfact for more...

Queen Elizabeth has met 12 US presidents during her reign, more than a quarter of all presidents since the nation's founding @general_knowledge #funfact #presidents

About 10,000 years ago, lions were the second-most widespread large land mammals, after humans They were found in most of Africa, in Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru @general_knowledge #funfact #animals #lions

The sign commemorating Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was killed in 1955 by two white men in Mississippi, had to be replaced with a bulletproof one because it had been repeatedly vandalized—first stolen, then shot at, then shot at again leaving it riddled with bullet holes @general_knowledge #funfact for more...

There are more than 1,000 types of bananas in the world! @general_knowledge #funfact for more...

"Snakes and Ladders" originated in Ancient India, its main purpose was to teach morals and lessons about karma in a way that young children would understand and remember. The ladders signify good deeds while the snakes represent all the evil we do @general_knowledge #funfact for more...

The prefrontal cortex, the part of the human brain responsible for making 'rational decisions,' doesn't fully mature until we're about 25 years old Before that, we process information with the amygdala, the emotional part of the brain @general_knowledge #brain

Men initiate sex more than three times as often as women in long-term, heterosexual relationships, according to a 2019 study However, when women initiate more often, the couple has sex more often; suggesting it's the female who sets the limits @general_knowledge #sexfact

The Asoh Defence refers to an open admission of guilt. It’s named after Japanese pilot Kohei Asoh who, on being asked why he landed a plane in San Francisco Bay, 2.5 miles short of the runway, said ‘As you Americans say, I fucked up.’ @general_knowledge #funfact

The word with the most meanings in English is the verb 'set', with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters. @general_knowledge #funfact for more...

The genetic similarity between two humans – 99.9% The genetic similarity between a human and a chimp – 96% The genetic similarity between a human and a cat – 90% The genetic similarity between a human and a dog – 84% The genetic similarity between a human and a banana – 60% @general_knowledge #funfact

The clitoris has between 8,000 and 15,000 nerve endings, The penis has about 4,000 nerve endings. @general_knowledge #funfact

​​This photo was taken in California in 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic. @general_knowledge #funfact

There are more Indian restaurants in London than in Mumbai and Delhi combined! @general_knowledge #funfact

Elephants rarely get cancer because they have 20 copies of a key tumor-fighting gene; humans have just one @general_knowledge #animals #elephants #funfact